The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-20
Local and state Notes.

clerk to the president, and ID. S. Newell, assist
ant secretary. who has general charge of all
| arrangements.
| Local and State Notes.
The Indianapolis 6 Vincennes is putting in
three miles of additional track at their coal
/ mines in and about Island City.
Superintendent Woodland, Of the L., N. A. &
| c.. and a party of friends are in the southern
/ part of the State on hunting expedition.
c. E. Henderson. receiver of the l., B. & W.,
filed his monthly report for September yesrer-
bursemenrs, $263, Alb so; balance on hand Oct 1,
/ $ll7835 "a.
Surveys were made yesterday for the construc.
ton of temporary trestle in Pogue's run, to
/ admit of laying the two tracks north of the
| Union depot on the south side, then eastward to
Delaware street
The c. l., St. L. & G. management will the
| coming season make extensive repairs to the
| branches in the way of side tracks, the bust.
| ness on the branches growing with rapidity to
| justify a considerable outlay in this direction.
The j.. NJ. & 1. raising its track three feet
| for a distance of six miles between Memphis and
| Vienna This company is also making extern
sive improvements at Louisville. extending it's
| grounds and grading them for additional build
ings
There is a movement on foot to put stop to
carrying passengers chair cars free. But few
roads do so, but the few demoralize rates in
doing Unquestionably the chair-car should be
exempt from the rabble, or it's best feature is
valueless.
Commencing with this morning all the trans
ferring of freights from the Bee-line to other
roads will be done at Briehtwood instead OF at
the city freight depots Twenty-Five platform
men will be employed hereafter at the depot in
Brightwood.
The United States Express Company is ship
ping a number of their horses and wagons which
belonged to the Baltimore & Ohio Express Com
pany, to important towns on the roads they
messengers over where wagon is needed to do
the business.
A company is being organized to take hold of
the invention known at the Booth slide valve
This valve is in on four Indianapolis roads,
and is said to considerably increase the power Of
the engine. and, as WELL works considerable
saving in fuel
The building of an immense transfer freight
depot will probably come up for consideration at
the next meeting of the Union Railway Compa-
ny. 1t will probably be located at a convenient
point on the Belt road, and whore there is plenty
of room for tracks.
Complaint is made that the Bee-line do not fur
nish better Accommodations train No. "a.
which is known the Dayton Accommodation.
Often beyond Anderson a number of passengers
are obliged to stand IN, the seats on the one
two cars run being all occupied.
William Shaw who represents the C. B. &
q. In this territory, returned from the West yes
terday. He states that the receipts of the pas
senger department. on the two days of the har
vest excursions reached 500, 600, their per
centage of the receipts amounted to that sum.
The Central Iowa has signed the agreement
cease paying commissions the sale of tickets.
This road has been thorn in the side Of the
Northwestern lines through it's keeping clear of
the agreement. This road has been the l., B.
& W. outlet to the Northwest in large meas
ure.
The inspection party of the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg has awarded the follow
ing prizes For the best supervisors section
first division. TO Edward Hill. Cambridge. 500;
for the second best to Frank Scott Urbana. $50;
the third best to Patrick Mcnamara, Richmond,
Ind
nor car-door at the present time was organized
Jan. l. 1886, with T. A. Lewis now deceased.
its president Before his death the invention
was introduced number OF roads and its
value as door tested, and now sixty fve roads
have adopted the door.
The Ohio Falls car-works are pressed with
orders that on Sunday last some five hundred of
their men worked all day Experience has dem
onstrated that at the end of a month more is
accomplished through working men the Sab
bath than there would have been had the day
been properly. observed
j. B. Cavanaugh has been appointed assistant
general freight agent of the Wisconsin Central
road. vice B. e. Hand. resigned to accept the
G., l., St. L. & c., vice w. G. Hobbs, resigned.
Mr.. Hand was for some years secretary of the
Chicago d Ohio River pool.
The Vandala has large force of en-
gagged on the Z. II. & l.. division, placing the
track in order for winter service. Thousands of
loads of gravel have been distributed the line
of late and good deal of work done in repair
ing bridges and trestles. The coal traffic
this division is reaching large proportions
movement is on foot looking to the organi
cation of a division of the Brotherhood of Brake
men at this point There is hardly a railroad
csnter of Importance where one Of these
divisions does not exist. 1t Is claimed that
division of four hundred members could readily
be organized here if some ono heartily took hold
of the work of gathering them ill.,
VIM. De Mauriac, formerly secretary Of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company. is now en-
ployed in the interest of Eastern bankers who
are to build the Paducah & Mount Vernon rail-
road. the line has been surveyed, and
tracts are now being let for the construction by
Mr.. De Mauriac. The line will the
Ohio q Mississippi, the Louisville e Nashville
and the Cairo Short-line
That the reduction made in local rates is man
ifesting itself in reduced earnings from this
branch OF service, is quite evident in the state
mentS made from week to week by the various
roads. The C. l., ST. L. 81 c., for instance the
second week il this month carried % per cent
heavier local tonnage than in the CORES ponding
week in 1886. while earnings from local frei ghts
shows a decrease of So, 070, 90.
The Vanderblts and Mr.. Depew, after tho in
spection of the Bee line and /. & ST. L.,
pressed themselves as surprised over the physi-
cal condition OF the property, the volume of
business the road was doing. and said to Mr..
Beach that the Bes-line would hereafter receive
more attention than it had In the past. and steps
would at once be taken to equip the road amply
to handle the passenger and freight business
offered.
Commencing with this evening all the local
sleepers ana parlor cars which have usually
stood the spur tracks west of the Union
Depot will be found on the new tracks, laid on
the ground formerly occupied Coburn d
Joness lumber yard. 1t IS really more
lent for passengers. as they go down South
Tennessee street. and without crossing any
tracks. go to the cars avoiding, AS we'll, all the
confusion at the Union Depot.
General ana N sceilaneous.
Boston alone holds $50 0OO. 900 of the securities
OF the A, Il. & S f. road.
Several cargoes of steel rails imported from
England for the Red River road are lying on the
wharves at New Orleans
A great swelling made in summer earn
ines of the Northwestern roads by the immense
rush of wheat caused by the abortve attempt
to corner it. With the collapse Of that the